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Do you ever find yourself checking email and asking yourself, "Boy, I sure wish I could see my Skype contacts while I'm knee deep in email?" If so, you're in luck. Skype has though...

The Nokia Lumia Put Windows Phone In The Hands Of Four Million People Last Quarter

Microsoft made a huge push for Windows Phone 8 late last year with stellar devices from multiple OEMs. The best, however, was arguably...

Steve Ballmer May Be Bringing the NBA Back to Seattle

Is Steve Ballmer about to bring the Sonics back to Seattle?...

Microsoft’s IllumiRoom Takes Gaming Beyond the Edge of the TV Screen

Microsoft Research, Microsoft's department for experimental computer science projects, has unveiled the "IllumiRoom," a projector system that extends the action in video games beyo...

You Have Until March 15 To Make Your Peace With Messenger And Move To Skype

Beginning late last year, Microsoft started to merge its legacy M...

Microsoft Has Now Sold 60 Million Windows 8 Licenses

It was announced back in November that Microsoft had sold 40 million Windows...

Windows 8 Will Soon Be Powering PCs At The Defense Department

There's some talk that Windows 8 may not be doing so well in the consumer market. Heck, th...

Surface Pro Will Reportedly Launch In Late January

In late November, Microsoft announced that the Surface Pro would cost $899 for the base...

Bing Tests Weird Competitor Links Under Google Search Result

Well, this is interesting. Bing ran a test, placing links to Facebook, Craigslist and eBay underneath its result for google.com when the user searched "google". Matt McGee at S...

HTML5 Is Now Feature Complete, W3C To Start Focusing On Interoperability

Many people will tell you that HTML5 is the future, while others w...

Microsoft Buys R2 Studios, Begins Countdown to Big E3 Announcement

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft has purchased R2 Studios, a home au...

Microsoft Said To Have Acquired id8 Group R2 Studios

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the mat...

Use Internet Explorer 8? You’ll Want This Zero-Day Exploit Fix

Microsoft would love it if you used Internet Explorer 9, or IE10 on W...

Windows 8 Adoption Falls Behind Vista

Microsoft needs Windows 8 to be a hit. Steve Ballmer's job may even depend on i...

When Bing Gets Paid For Shopping Results, It’s A “Happy Accident”

Last month, Bing launched an attack campaign against Google Shopping, called "Don't Get Scroogled". Microsoft's search engine has consistent...